Stalking Venus

A couple of months back, it was discovered that Nelson Mandela, the previous South African president, was banned from entering many parts of the United States, because the FAA peeps had the ANC and it’s members on their terrorist watch list.
An embarrassed George Bush has just signed a bill that allows the Nobel Peace Prize [...]

As if the crime in this country wasn’t bad enough, now we have cops shooting each other. Independent Online reports that over 400 protesting metro police blockaded the M2 highway that rings Johannesburg, bringing peak hour traffic to a standstill.
Then along come the SA Police in riot gear. Shooting erupted, with the metro police using [...]

Source: Sunday Times - Submitted by Grace - Thanks G!

Torrential downpours starting Tuesday evening caused major road blockages, destruction of bridges and property and the death of at least six people. Others are still missing, injured or marooned where emergency services cannot reach them. Two of the dead were children - pupils from Sidelile High School. (Sadly ironic is the fact that the word ’sidelile’ means ‘we had enough’ in the Zulu language).

Associated Press reports yet another nail in the coffin for South African commerce. The leading online retailer, Amazon.com has halted all standard shipping to South Africa because of the enormous volume of items being stolen at S.A. post offices countrywide.
South African customers who still wish to purchase goods via Amazon can do so, but only [...]